Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Talking about freedom for Banned Books Week

It’s Banned Books Week, which is when we remember that one of our best freedoms is the freedom to read. It’s almost kind of sweet, in a way, that people still want to ban books in the age of Grand Theft Auto V and, you know, the whole Internet.

A 2005 survey of books challenged and banned in Washington state schools turned up a lot of the classics — I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, Harry Potter — and some less expected titles, like Magic Eye.